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Laws Patat No. caizaaarea March 26, .1867.

Gauss-Bow.

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TOALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. H. NYE, of Ascushnet, in the county ofBristol, and State-'of Massachusetts, have made anew and usefulinvention having reference to Cross-Bows; and I do hereby cleclare'thesame to be fully described in the following specifica-tion andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a topview; and

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of a 'cross-bow, 'provided with myinvention.

The nature of such invention consists in the combination of a cross-bowand arrow magazine, and a `mecham` ism for setting and discharging thestring of the bow.

In the drawings, A denotes Vthe stock, and B the spring ofthec-ross-bowga being the cord or string of such spring. A magazine, G,for-holding a series of arrows-to be larranged, within it, as shown atI) b b, indig. 2, is placed on the upper surface ofthe stock A, and isconnected. with such stock by being hinged to the outer end of a rod, c,which slides in the-stock lengthwise, andis arranged therein in manneras shown in iig. 2. 0in or about on a-.level with the bottom of the1nagazine,.a long slot, d, -goes through the -magazine laterally, landhas a notch, e', extending down from it at its rc'ar end. The cord d ofthe spring B .goes through the said slot. There is applied to themagazine, and so as to extend underneath the notch e, a movable block orcord-trippa', f, which projects below the magazinea'depth equal to,'orabout equal to, the' depth of the notch el The tripper should be capableof being moved vertically inthe magazine. A bent. lever, D, arrangedwith the magazine and the stock as represented, has'its fulcrum at g,such being a pin going through the stock.v .The magazine is connectedwith the lever a pin, h, going through .the two. Leading out of themagazine, and on a level with theupper surface ofits bottom, is apassage, z', 'for the exit of an arrow while being driven out of themagazine. O-n laying hold of the lever and moving it forward into theposition shown in blue lines in g. 2, the magazine -will be so advancedas to cause the cord a at its Ymiddle totake. or catch into the notchVe. By pulling the lever backward the magazine will -be retracted andwill'draw on the corda and contract or bend the spring.' By. continuingto pull the lever back, the magazine'may be forced down upon the stockso as to cause the tripperf to be pressed down upon the stock and forcethccord out ofthe notch. The. cord on being set free will act againstthe rear end of the lowermost arrow, and expel such arrow from themagazine. Thus the arrows in succession may be discharged'from themagazine. I

I claim as my invention the combination ofthe cross-bow, the arrowmagazine, and a mechanism for setting and discharging the cord of thespring of the'bow, the whole being substantially as hereiubeforedescribed. E. o. H. NYE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

